Post-harvest loss

Tk 26 crore of farmers' mini cold stores not working, DAE inquiry finds; expansion halted

The DAE team visited 26 of the stores and found most shut or limping, running on grid power instead of solar and sprouting potatoes within 15 days; 150 of a planned 180 have been built under two projects, 50 without a power connection; the inquiry says they are not commercially viable and should not